Reto Wegmann, MA
Scientific Assistant to the President
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Reto Wegmann studied Computer Science at Zurich’s University of Applied Sciences, Military Affairs at the Military Academy at ETH Zurich and International Relations at FU Berlin. His professional experience include various management positions in the private sector and in a crisis organization of the federal administration. He is member of the expert pool “security” of the Swiss Humanitarian Aid Unit, and of the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination system. His work at University of Lucerne focuses on leadership in exigent situations and/or hazardous conditions.
Publications
- Wegmann, R. M. (2020). A grounded theory for the performance of temporary disaster response teams. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 7 (2), 155–172. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1108/JOEPP-04-2020-0059
- Wegmann, R. M., & Schärrer, L. (2020). Outpacing the pandemic? A factorial survey on decision speed of COVID-19 task forces. Journal of Organizational Effectiveness: People and Performance, 7 (2), 191–202.
- Schärrer, L., & Wegmann, R. (2021). Task Forces as Silver Bullets for Crisis Management: A Case Study of an SME During COVID-19. In Al-Aali, Ebithaj & Masmoudi, Meryem (Eds.), Global Perspectives on Change Management and Leadership in the Post-COVID-19 Era (pp. 240–253). Hershey, PA: IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-7998-6948-1.ch015
- Wegmann, R. M., & Newett, J. L. (2020). When Complexity Costs Lives: Secondary Goals and Compartmentalized Information in the Second World War’s Greatest Raid. In Gutmann, Martin (Ed.), Historians on Leadership and Strategy. Basel: Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-26090-3
- Wegmann, R. (27 May 2020). Zwischen Fürsorgepflicht und Persönlichkeitsschutz. HR Today, 6. Retrieved from https://hrtoday.ch/de/article/zwischen-fuersorgepflicht-und-persoenlichkeitsschutz
- Wegmann, R. (2020). Fürsorgepflicht bei Entsendung. Personal Schweiz, 6, 22–23.
- Wegmann, R. (26 June 2019). Von Katastrophen und Notfällen lernen. HR Today, 7. Retrieved from https://hrtoday.ch/de/article/von-katastrophen-und-notfaellen-lernen
- Wegmann, R., Staffelbach, B., & Keller, D. (2019). Erfolgreicher Start für das Programm der Uni Luzern und der HKA. Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift, 185 (01/02), 8–10.
- Wegmann, R. (24 November 2018). Die Absurdität der Führungsmotivation. HR Today, (12). Retrieved from https://hrtoday.ch/de/article/fokus-forschung-die-absurditaet-der-%E2%80%A8fuehrungsmotivation
- Staffelbach, B., Wegmann, R., & Keller, D. (2018). Führungsausbildung: Partnerschaft Universität Luzern - HKA. Allgemeine Schweizerische Militärzeitschrift, 184 (6), 12–14.